Instrument lighting devices



July 12, 1960 E. A. NEUGASS INSTRUMENT LIGHTING DEVICES Filed April 22,1957 Edwin A.Neugoss.

Maxwell E.Sporrow.

ATTORNEY.

INVENTOR.

2,945,145 INSTRUMENT LIGHTING DEVICES Edwin A. Neugass, Poteau, Okla.

Filed Apr. 22, 1957, Ser. No. 654,111

9 Claims. 01. 313-408) phosphorescent pigments so that, after a periodofex- 'posure to light, the indicator will emit a glow in the dark.

However, such residual phosphorescence is of insufficient duration toreliably illuminate the indicator. for the long periods of timeencountered in aircraft operation. Ac-

cordingly, it has been the common practice to further energize thephosphorescent pigments by casting ultraviolet light thereon, thereby toavoid reliance upon the residual effect resulting from energization byearlier exposure to light. However, it is necessary that the indicatorbe seen against a dark background and that theillumination thereofshould be clearly defined so that the position of the indicator can beaccurately read while the emission of stray light or leakage is avoided.The illumination of the indicator in the manner mentioned above hasproved completely unsatisfactory, asthe reflection of the ultra-violetlight off the face of the instrument into the pilots eyes causes seriousloss of adaptation to the dark.

There have been numerous attempts to provide other systems forilluminating the pointer, needle or other movable indicator of aircraftinstruments. For example, the

atent G indicator has been painted white and either red or white I lighthas been cast thereon in order to render the latter visible in the dark.Various structural arrangements have been proposed for the purpose ofcasting light against the painted needle or movable indicator, such as,for example, a bulb mounted on the shaft or axis of the needle andshielded in order to direct light against the latter, a ring of plasticplaced around the path of the needle and employed to pipe light and toemit the latter radially inward toward-the needle, or a bulb mounted atthecenter of the cover glass of the instrument to cast light "rearwardlyagainst the needle or indicator. In another existing arrangement, theneedle or indicator has been made of a light transmitting plastic andlight has been directed against such needle or indicator from bulbspositioned behind the dial of the instrument or from bulbs disposed onthe axis of the needle, either within the shaft of the needle or at thecenter of the instrument cover glass. However, such arrangements havebeen either too heavy, too delicate or produced too much stray orscattered light so that the needle did not' stand out sharply enoughwhen the intensity of illumination was brought down to the level atwhich the dark adaptation ofthe pilots eyes is not seriously affected bythe stray or scattered light.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide devicesfor effecting the clear and sharp illumination of the needle, pointer orother movable indicator of aircraft instruments orthe likewithoutproducing any stray or scattered light so that the, needle,pointer or r" rais n; Patented July 12, 3 350 other movable indicator isclearly defined to permit accurate reading of the posit-ion thereof evenwhen the intensity of illumination is reduced sufiiciently to avoid anyeffect upon the dark adaptation of the viewers eyes.

Another object is to provide illumination of the needle, pointer orother movable indicator of aircraft instruments and the like, which inno way interferes with the operation or movement of the illuminatedindicator so that theaccuracy of the response of the latter to thecontrol impulse will not be affected.

. A further object is to provide for the illumination of the needle,pointer or other movable indicator, and also for the illumination of thescale or index associated therewith in aircraft instruments and thelike, and particularly, to provide an arrangement permitting independentcontrol of the intensity of illumination of the needle, pointer or othermovable indicator and of the scale or index, respectively, so that theillumination of the scale or index can be reduced or completelyeliminated, as desired, without affecting the illumination of theneedle,

pointer or other movable indicator, thereby. to permit the reading ofthe instruments by needle position, as is often the practice, withoutany distraction from illuminated scales or indicesin the background.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention,

illumination of the needle, pointer or other movable indicator ofaircraft instruments or the like is effected by providing the movableindicator with a coating of electro-luminescent materials which emit aglow when interposed in an electric field, and by creating an electricfield of suitable voltage and frequency in whichthe coated needle moves.i

Further, in accordance with the present invention, the electric fieldfor energizing the electro-luminescent materials which either coat orimpregnatethe needle,

pointer or other movable indicator is created between a transparent,mono-molecular metallic or other conductive coating on the back surfaceof the. cover glass of the instrument and either the metal body of theneedle, pointer or other movable indicator, in the case of an indicatorwhich is merely coated with the electro-luminescent materials, or themetal dial of the instrument.

Further, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, whereinthe electric field for energizing the electro-luminescent materials, onthe needle is created between the mono-molecular conductive coating onthe back face of the cover glass and the metal body of the indicatoritself, the dial of the instrument is preferably formed of laminatedpanel material, for example, as disclosed in United States LettersPatent Number 2,518,726, issued August 15, 1950, to Shlenker, and suchpanel material, having openings in the front opaque surface thereofdefining indicia', scales and the like, is internally illumiing drawingsforming a part hereof, and wherein:

Fig.1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an instrument having itsneedle, pointer or movable indicator illuminated in accordance with oneembodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to that of Fig. l, but showing the needle,pointer or other indicator of the instrument, as well as the dialthereof, illuminated in accordance with another embodiment of thisinvention; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1,but'showing the needle,pointer or other movable indicator, as well as the dial oftheinstrument, illuminated in accordance with still another embodiment ofthis invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and itinitially 'to Fig. 1 thereof,it will be seen that an instrument having its needle, pointer or othermovable indicator illuminated in accordance with a first embodiment ofthe presentinvention is there generally identified by the referencenumeral '10 and includes a generally cylindrical metal case or housing11. A cover glass 12 extends across, and closes, the front end of thecase 11, and a mechanical or electrical .drive 'device'13 ofconventional construction is suitably mounted Within the case "11 "todrive a. shaft 14, whichcarries a needle,,pointer or othermoV- ableindicator 15, so that 'theposition of theneedle'. will, at anytime,correspond to conditions sensed by means, for example, an airspeedindicator, .thermometer, or the like, associated with the. drive device13 for controlling the latter.

The instrumentltl further "has a dial16 which is disposed in back of theplane of movement of the needle or indicator'lS and provided with asuitably calibrated index orscale on'its front-face to cooperate withthe needle or indicator in providing a quantitative indication of therelated sensed condition.

In accordance with this invention, illumination ofthe needle, pointerorlindicator 15'is achievedby providing .a coatingl7 ofelectroluminescent materials thereon, or

by "forming the indicator of a plastic material which is impregnatedwith the electro-lurninescent materials, and

dicator moves so that the electro-luminescent materials on or in thelatter willbe energized and emit a. glow which effects glare-freeillumination of the needle or indicator.

As disclosed in United States Letters'Patent No. 2,566,349, issued'Sept. 4, 1951, to Mager, the electroluminescent materials on needle '15may 'include phosphors, "for example, a tired mixture comprising'75percent of zinc sulphide and percent of zincoxide activated by smallamounts of halogens, copper and/or lead, suspended in. a soliddielectric, such as, clear acrylic resin, for. example, methylmethacrylate.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated inFig. 1, the electricfield for energizing the electro-luminescent coating 17 on needle'15 iscreated betweenasubstantially transparent, mono-molecularconductivecoating 18 on the back 'face of cover glass 12 and the dial 16which is of metal. The conductive coating 18 may be formed of sputteredmetal, for example, chromium 'or the like, and, by reason of itsmonomolecular' thickness, such conductive coating will not appreciablydecrease/the transparency of the coverglass 12.

In order to create the desired electric 'field'between coating 18 andmetal dial 16, the coating and dial are electrically insulated from eachother and'are respectively connected to the opposite terminals of'asuitable high frequency alternating current generator 19. For example,as shown in Fig. 1, an insulating sleeve .20 may be provided withincasing-11 to electricallyinsulatethe dial 16 and also the drivemechanism "13 from the easing, while the conductive coating 18 oncover'glass.12 is continued over the peripheral edge thereof toprovide agood electrical contact between casing 11 and conductive coatinglS. 'Themetal dial 16 iszconnected, by a conductor 21, to one terminal19'ofgenerator-19,

while the casing 11 is connected, 'by aconductor'*2.2, to

by creating .an electric field in which the needle or in- A presses asuitable alternating voltage across the coating 18 and dial 16, forexample, a voltage of 600 volts at 400 cycles per second, the phosphorsin the electroluminescent coating 17 are energized and, thereby, made toglow and provide clear and sharp illumination of the needle orindicator. Such illumination, in issuing directly from the needle orindicator,;does not produce any stray or soatteredlightand clearly.definesjthe needleor indicator so thatthe"intensity"ofilluminationcanbe'reduced, by operationof:controlsassociated' with generator 19, for example, a variableresistor 23 interposed in the conductor 21, to "decrease thevoltage-output and, hence, the strength of theeelectriczfieldenergizing; the coating 17, until the illumination of the needle orindicator 15 does not appreciably affect the dark adaptation of theviewers eyes.

In.the illuminated instrument 10, the index or scale "on the front ffaceof: metal *dial 16 can =be defined by .suitably:shaped-deposits 24*ofelectroduminescent materials-which mayhavetheis omecomposition as hasbeen 'molecularconductivecoating' lb and thedial'16, the electroiluminescent deposits (24 will also be energized to emit agloWclearlyde'fining the scale or index associated withth'eilluminatedneedle orindicator 15.

'Many *aircraft instruments have a sealed case 'containingan inertgastopreventevaporation or drying out of the lubricants, and theinstrument 10 may similarly have itscasejll sealed'to'contain an inertgas which increases the'transfer of energy between the electrodes of theelectric "field,-that is, between coating 18 and dial 16. Suchinert'gas-may be of the kind usually employed in fluorescentlightingtubes.

Itwill'be'apparentthat, in the instrument 10, manipulationiof variableresistor 23 simultaneously varies the intensityof 'illumination'ofthe-needle 15 and of the associated scale orindenon dial 16. However,many aircraft instrumentsare :nowprovide'd'with rotatable mountings 40'T from the prescribed, normal direction. Reading the instrumentsbyneedleposition greatly eases 'the burden on ithe-piloflflight engineeror the like, confronted with the task of observing the deviation of anyone of the instrument needles from a normal indication. When readinginstruments by'needle position, the associated scales or indices merelyrepresent distractions :that interfere with the. complete utilization ofthe advantages inherentTinthis technique. "Specifically, it would bedesirable to.normally.illuminate.only'the' needles or indicators of theinstruments, so that such needles or indicators appear against da'rk'backgrounds and the positions thereof areclearlyflisclosed,and:to.-illuminate'the scales or in- ;dices only whenfit becomes.necesary to read or observe .the. positions of theneedles with respectto the associated scales or ,indices.

However,..in the instrument 10 described above with or index on the dialis accompanied by a corresponding -reductionin thesintensity ofillumination :of the indicator 15.

fAccordin'gly, inanother instrument embodying the 'present invention andgenerally identifiedby the reference numeral-10a inFigJ'Z; provisionismade for independently illuminating the needle or indicator 15a.3nd=th6 associ: atedlscale or indexgon the dial 16a. Theseveral partsof/instrument a are identified by the same reference numerals employedin connection with the corresponding parts of instrument 10, butwith-the letter a appended thereto. Thus the case 11:: of instrument 10ais closed,.at its front end, by a cover glass -12ahaving a mono-molec:ular, transparent conductive coating 1811- on its back face; while thedrive mechanism ,l3a for ithe shaft'14a carrying needle 15a is insulatedfrom case ll'aabya sleeve am In order-to illuminatethesneedlewlsa, acoatingihz ofelectroluminescent, materials is: applied thereto, and anelectric field is created between the conductive coating 18a and themetal body ofneedlev-lsar. The necessary alternating voltage may betransmitted: totcoating .-;18a andneedle 1511 by: connecting oneterminal of a suitable generator 19a to thedrive mechanism 13a, byway ofaconductor 21a, while the case: 11aand the other terminal of. generator19a are both grounded. It hasbeen found that the drive mechanism 13a andshaft 14a can be employed to transmit the alternating voltage to needle15a,-as the small currents involved in the creation ofthe'necessaryelectric field have no physical effect upon the drivemechanism. Further, a variable resistor 23a may be interposed in theconductor 21a to permit variation of the strength of the electric fieldand, hence, of the intensity of the illumination provided by theenergized electro-luminescent materials of coating 17a.

In the instrument 10a, the dial 16a is illuminated independently of theneedle 15a and, for this purpose, may

be-formed of laminated panel material of the kind disclosed in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 2,518,726, issued August 15, 1950, toShlenker. Thus, dial 16a may include a body or core sheet 25 of clearlight transmitting, preferably plastic, material, such as, for example,methyl methacrylate, a layer 26 of translucent, preferably white,plastic material, such as, for example, polyvinyl or vinyl resins orpolymers or copolymers thereof, superposed on, and bonded to, the frontface of core sheet 25, and a layer 27 of opaque, preferably darkcolored, plastic material of the class specified in connection withlayer 26 which is superposed on, and bonded to the latter. The opaquefront orouter layer 27 has openings 28 therein exposing the underlyingportions of the translucent layer 26 and shaped to. define theelements'of the scale or.index associated with needle 15a. Thus, whenviewed in daylight or under other ambient illumination, the scale orindex on dial'16a is defined by the color contrast between the exposedportions of the white translucent layer 26 and the surrounding areas ofthe relatively dark colored opaque layer 27;

In order to provide artificial illumination of the scale orindex on dial16a, light is admitted to the core or'body 25 thereof, for example, froma light bulb 29 or from an electroluminescent lighting-plate, forexample, as in United States Letters Patent No. 2,566,349 to Mager,which is mounted behind the dial 16a and such light is transmitted bycore 25 to trans-illuminate the translucent sheet or layer 26 at theopenings 28inthe'opaque outer sheet 27. The light bulb 29 or other lightsource may be energizedby a suitable electric circuit including abattery 35 and having a variable: resistor 31 interposed therein sothat,by manipulating the latter, the intensity of illumination ofthe dial16:: maybe controlled independently .of the-intensity of illumination ofthe needle 15a, thereby topermit the relatively bright illumination ofthe latter while the illumination of the associated scale or indexis-reduced or completely eliminated to facilitate needle positionreading of-the instrument.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings,vanother instrument embodyinggthe presentinvention and permitting individual control: .of Ethel intensity ofillumination of the needle or indicator" and of the-associated scale orindex is generally identifiedhy the reference numeral 10b. The parts of.Ilb mfelectro-luminescent materials on the needle 15b is energized toilluminate the latter by creating a suitable electric field between theconductive coating 18b and the metal body of needle 15b. As in theinstrument 10a of :Fig, .2, theabove electric field is produced byconnecting one terminal of a generator 1% to the drive mechanism 131'),for example, through a conductor 21b having a variable iresistor 23binterposed therein, while the other terminal of. the generator and thecase 11b are both connectedto the ground for completing the circuitthrough the latter.

In the instrument 10b, the dial 16!) disposed in back of the plane ofmovement of needle 15b is formed of laminated panel material of atypedisclosed in detail in my co-pending application for United StatesLetters Pat- 'ent Ser. No. 594,167, filed June 27, 1956, and includes afront layer 32 of a black opaque material, which is preferably aplastic, for example of the class of polyvinyl or vinyl resins ormaterials, their polymers or copolymers, a layer 33 of white,translucent material underlying thefront opaque layer 32 and preferablyformed of a clear plastic material'having a dispersion'of relativelylarge particles therein, as in my prior United States Letters Patent No.2,693,656, issued November 9, 1954, and. a relatively thick sheet- 34 oflight transmitting material, for example, methyl methacrylate, which isdisposed in-back of layer 2-3 and may have a coating of suitablycolored,.for example, red, fluorescent dye on its back surface.

The scale or index associated with needle 11% is defined on dial 161) bysuitably shaped and positioned openings 36 in the opaque front layer 32exposing the underlying portions of translucent layer 33. By reason ofthe sharp color contrast between the white translucent layer 33 exposedat the openings 36 and the black or dark colored opaque layer 32surrounding such openings, the corresponding markings or indicia of thescale are clearly visible under ambient illuminationln-orderto efiectartificial, glare-free illumination of the scale or index on dial 161),the latter further includes one or more electro-luminescent lightingplates 37 disposed in back of the clear sheet 34 and extending overthose areas of the dial having the marking or indicia defining openings36 therein. Each of the electro-luminescent lighting plates or devicts37 may be of the kind disclosed in United States Letters Patent No.2,566,349, issued September 4, 1951, to Mager, and wherein, a plate ofglass or other transparent material has a transparent conductive coatingon one side thereof, and a phosphor, which may be a fired mixture of 75percent zinc sulphide and 25 percent zinc oxide activated by smallamounts of halogens, copper and/or lead, suspended in a solid dielectricsheet is sandwiched between the conductive coating of the glass and ametal sheet so that, when'an alternating voltage is applied between themetal sheet and conductive coating, the phosphor glows and provideslight issuing through the glass sheet. Alternatively, eachelectro-luminescent lighting plate or device 37 may be in' the formdisclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,684,450, issued July 20,1954, to Mager and Lowry, and wherein two intermeshed metallic grids areapplied to a face of a supporting plate and insulated from each other,and-a phosphor, which may have the composition indicated above, isapplied over and between the :intermeshed metallic grids on thesupporting plate tobe energized and made to glow by an electric fieldcreated beon the latter.

7 tween the grids when an alternating voltage is impressed '39, to theopposite terminals of a suitable alternating voltage generator 40, and avariable resistor 41 or the like,

is interposed in the conductor 38 to permit variation 'of the strengthof the electric field and, hence, of the intensity of the light emittedfrom the lighting plate or plates.

The dial 16b is completed by a backing sheet.42 of insulating material,for example, of methyl methacrylate, which is applied against the backsurface oflight transmitting sheet 34 and has a suitable recess 43formed in its front surface to accommodate each of theelectroluminescent lighting. plates 37. Preferably, the recesses 43 arelarger, in all directions, than the related lighting plates 37 so that aclearance exists around the latter, thereby to avoid the development ofinternal stresses within the dial as a result of differences in thecoeflicients of thermal expansion of the lighting plates and of thelaminated dial structure, respectively.

In producing the dial 16b, the layers 32 and 33 and the sheet 34 may beinitially joined together, either by adhesive or by heat and pressure,to form a lamination, and then the backing sheet 42,, with each lightingplate 37 in its related recess 43 and the necessary electricalconductors either printed on the front face of sheet 42 or positioned insuitable grooves therein, is joined to the back of the lamination,either by adhesive, heat and pressure or mechanical means; such as,screws and the like.

When the lighting plate 37 is energized, light is emitted therefrom intothe sheet 34 to uniformly trans-illuminate the related area orportion'of translucent layer 33 exposed at the openings 36 in frontopaque layer 32.

.Thus, the index or scale on dial 1615 may be uniformly illuminated witha controlled intensity and, if desired, the needle b can be exclusivelyilluminated to facilitate the reading of the instrument by needleposition without the usual background distraction of the illuminatedscale or index on the dial. 7 V

Although the present invention has been described above with referenceto the illumination of instruments of the kind having a dial and aneedle or pointer which moves angularly about a fixed axis in relationto the dial for indicating a sensed condition, it should be understoodthat the principles embodying the invention can be applied with equalconvenience'and advantage to other known instruments, for example,aircraft turn and bank instruments, artificial horizons and compasses,to mention a few.

Further, although illustrative embodiments of this invention have beendescribed in detail herein with reference to the accompanying drawings,it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to suchembodiments, and that various changes and modifications may be effectedtherein without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention,except as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In an indicating device; the combination of a dial having indiciathereon, an indicator in front of said dial and movable relative to thelatter, a cover glass in front of said indicator, said indicatorcontaining electro-luminescent materials, and means operative to producean electric field across the path of movement of said indicator andincluding a transparent conductive coating on the back surface of saidcover glass acting as an electrode for the electric field so that saidsaid electro-luminescent materials are thereby energized to glow andilluminate said indicator.

2. In an indicating device; the combination of a dial having indiciathereon, an indicator in front of said dial and movable relative to thelatter, a cover glass in front of said indicator, a coating on saidindicator containing electro-luminescent materials, means operative toproduce an electric field across the path of movement of said in- 8dicator and including a transparent conductive coating on the backsurface of said cover glass acting as an electrode for the electric'field so that said electro-luminescent ma terials are thereby energizedto glow and illuminate said indicator, and independently controllablemeans for illuminating said indicia of the dial' sothatthe intensity ofillumination of said indicia can be reduced independently of theintensity of illumination of said indicator to facilitateviewing of theposition of the latter without dis traction by said indicia.

3. In an indicating device; the combination of a metal dial, anindicator 'in front of said dial and movable relative to the latter, acover glass in front of said indicator and having a transparentconductive coating on its back face, a coating on said indicatorcontaining electro-luminescent materials, and means for applying analternating voltage across said conductive coating and said metal dialto produce an electric field through which said indicator is movable sothat said electro-luminescent materials are thereby energized and madeto glow for illuminating said indicator.

4. In an indicating device; the combination of a metal dial havingdeposits on its front face containing electroluminescent materials anddefining indicia on the dial, an indicator movable in front of said dialand having a coating containing electro-luminescent materials, a coverglass in front of said indicator and having a transpar ent conductivecoating on its back surface, and means for applying an alternatingvoltage across said conductive coating and metal dial to produce anelectric field therebetween for energizing said electro-lurninescentmaterials, whereby the latter glow and illuminate said indicia and saidindicator.

5. In an indicating device; the combination of a dial having indiciathereon, an indicator movable in front of said dial and having a metalbody and a coating containing electro-lurninescent materials on saidbody, a cover glass in front of said indicator and having asubstantially transparent, conductive coating on its back face, andmeans for applying an alternating voltage across said conductive coatingand said metal body to produce an electric field therebetween forenergizing said electro-luminescent materials so that the latter glowand, thereby, illuminate said indicator.

6. In an indicating device; the combination of a dial having indiciathereon, an indicator movable in front of said dial and having a metalbody and a coating containing electro-luminescent materials on saidbody, a cover glass in front of said indicator and having asubstantially transparent, conductive coating on its back face, meansfor applying an alternating voltage across said conductive coating andsaid metal body to produce an electric field therebetween for energizingsaid electroluminescent materials so that the latter glow and, thereby,illuminate said indicator, and independently controllable means for i1-luminating said indicia of the dial so that the intensity ofillumination of said indicia can be reduced independently of theintensity of illumination of the indicator to facilitate viewing of theposition of the latter without distraction by said indicia.

7. In an indicating device; the combination of a dial I including asheet of light transmitting material, a translucent, light colored layersuperposed on the front surface of said sheet and an opaque, darkcolored layer superposed on said translucent layer and having openingstheren to expose portions of said translucent layer defining indicia onsaid dial, means for admitting light to said sheet for transmission bythe latter to trans-illuminate said translucent layer at said openingsand, thereby, to illuminate said indicia, an indicator movable in frontof said dial and having a metal body and a coating containingelectro-luminescent materials on said body, a cover glass 111 front ofsaid indicator and having a substantially transparent, conductivecoating on its back face, and means for applying an alternating voltageacross said body and conductive coating to produce an electric fieldtherebetween A a a r for energizing said electro-luminescent materialsand causing the latter to glow and illuminate said indicator.

8. In an indicating device; the combination as in claim 7, wherein saidmeans for admitting light to said sheet includes at least oneincandescent light bulb disposed in back of said light transmittingsheet for emitting light into the 'back surface of said sheet.

9. In an indicating device; the combination as in claim 7, wherein saidmeans for admitting light to said sheet includes at least oneelectro-lurninescent lighting plate disposed in back of said sheet oflight transmitting material, and means for energizing said plateindependently of said electric field energizing the electro-luminescentmaterials on said indicator so that the indicator can be illuminatedindependently of the indicia on the dial to fa- 16 cilitate viewing ofthe position of the indicator without distraction from said indicia.

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